[95258] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Dobbins)
Tue Mar 13 13:41:39 2007
In-Reply-To: <20070313170854.GA10860@net.tufts.edu>
From: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@cisco.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:15:33 -0700
To: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Mar 13, 2007, at 10:08 AM, Matthew F. Ringel wrote:
> DSL[1] and DOCSIS require active cooperation from the carrier. Ergo,
> tech advancement in the carrier-assisted data transport arena is
> dependent on the carrier cooperating.
Are infrastructure build-out costs any less of an issue for consumer
broadband SPs who offer metered service? Is their revenue model more
amenable to doing capacity-expansion buildouts, vs. all-you-can-eat
(except when you eat too much, heh) revenue models?
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